Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (www.404media.co)
DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip (www.theverge.com)
DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip::The app-based delivery service is alerting customers that drivers may not take their order in a timely manner if there is no tip included upfront.
EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them (www.theatlantic.com)
UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare" (foundation.mozilla.org)
Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading (9to5mac.com)
Who would’ve thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU....
Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family (www.404media.co)
“I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff,” a user said of Plex’s Week in Review email and Discover Together feature....
Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Why are so many leaders in tech evil?
I remember when I was growing up, tech industry has so many people that were admirable, and you wanted to aspire to be in life. Bill Gates, founders of Google Larry Page, Sergey brin, Steve Jobs (wasn’t perfect but on a surface level, he was still at least a pretty decent guy), basically everyone involved in gaming from Xbox...
Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
Archive link: archive.ph/GtA4Q...
Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us? (www.androidpolice.com)
Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while (newatlas.com)
Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)
Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends....
Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed...
Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)
VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough (www.thedrive.com)
YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it (mashable.com)
YouTube isn’t happy you’re using ad blockers — and it’s doing something about it::undefined
Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself (www.theverge.com)
This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.
Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them (www.xda-developers.com)
Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins....